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Function: abbreviation

Policy Of Least Astonishment, a principle in interface design/engineering that existing practices and expectations should not be changed without enough prior notice and discussion, in order to avoid catching other colleagues with unexpected confusion and/or frustration.

Repeated violation of POLA is often a sign of a prima donna (someone with an egotistical "my way, or no way" attitude).
Hey, good job violating POLA by negating the return value of that function... Do you even realize you just broke the entire thing for 6289367918234 days until the others fix their own code that calls your function?
POLA by Eugene M. Kim October 26, 2005
Related Words
A whore that is always under the age of 18 always polish but lives in ireland
Pola by DAsmArtMAn May 23, 2019
OMG YOUSEF DRIIIVE YOU ARE THE DRIVER YOU FUCKING POLA!!!
Pola by RaccoonEyes October 1, 2018
Manipulative.
Pola's are mostly very cunning
and seem nice at first but when you really get to know them you will be shocked.
"Hey, did you hear what happened?"
"Yeah Pola was manipulating ___"
"I feel sorry for ___They really tried to be nice to Pola"
"I know, But we warned her. But apparently Pola was black-mailing her"
Pola by unknown_g0rl November 21, 2020
Hide your pola please !
Pola by Karmellah May 30, 2020
a caucasion male who appears to have african american qualities

derived from the term Polar bear... a white bear whereas most other bears are brown

also known as a wigger
person a: what are you doing today?
Pola: nah much boi, chillin, you know how i do. Im bout ta go cop me a new fitted tho fa sho.
Pola by Allie Mae December 30, 2007